THE MARVELETTES KNOCK ON MY DOOR

this song was recorded in the year 1964. however it didn't turn up until 1986.

Lyrics
There he goes knocking on her door
she treats him like a bore
but he's the boy that i adore

hey boy want you please be my boy
you're a living dream boy
so come over here boy
want you knock on my door

I see you knocking everyday
though she's always always away
she's busy runnin' round with
other boys in town
everyone knows but you
she treats you so untrue

hey boy want you please be my boy
i'll be oh so true boy
so come over here boy
want you knock on my door

from my window i see you knocking
as you did the day before
it hurt me so to see
you stand there tearfully
everyone knows but you
she found someone new

hey boy want you please be my boy
i'll be oh so true boy
so come over here boy
want you knock on my door

hey boy want you please be my boy
i'll be oh so true boy
so come over here boy
want you knock on my door

hey boy want you please be my boy
i'll be oh so true boy
so come over here boy
want you knock on my door

Written by Brian holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland Jr.

Produced by: Brian holland & Lamont Dozier

Category:

Music

Tags:

• motown
• marvelettes
• gladys
• horton
• wanda
• young
• rogers
• knock
• on
• my
• door
• hitsville

[dvlaries]

Yes, I'm back here again to appreciate this one yet some more. Only the 'down-dobee-down-down' chorus dates this record as quintessential, pre-Beatles girl group-era material, but, had it been released in its own time it would sound just fine in the company of contemporaries like It's My Party, Da Doo Ron Ron, and My Boyfriend's Back, and it could have been a hit as big as any of them. Marvelettes in the hands of H-D-H is obviously a combo that should have been explored further.

[jadahsboy]

Yes i really wish albums like this had been realeased they had so much talent and to think there mostly known for please mr. postman and even with that hit if you ask someone today theyll say "the beatles song"i wish even today that i could meet the survivning members and just talk to them it's a dream of mine!!!!!!!

[discobrian]

Fabulous song! Fabulous video! Fabulous group! Long live Motown and the Marvelettes!

[jadahsboy]

yes they are great and long live motown!!!!!!!!

[jadahsboy]

It's an age old story they never give proper credit to where its due. The marvelettes were a great group and they never receive the praise due there name who knows it could be because of the rumoured tension between the lead singers in theor group and the supremes lead singer idk i could be wrong diana ross lovers dont attack me!!!!!!

[jadahsboy]

yes i love this song, heck i love the marvelettes

[dvlaries]

I'd never dream of attacking and you're 100% right - the Marvelettes didn't get their due. The Apollo tape, also here on YouTube, proves what a joyous and disarming group of performers they were. Now, here we are on YouTube 'singing' love songs back to them as they long ago did for us. Let us hope all the surviving members have found their way to YouTube and know that they are never forgotten and as cherished as when we were all in the springtime years of our lives.

[jamar22100]

Holland Dozier Holland and The Marvelettes are the best combo.

[Vincent50]

Blakshepard...I am aware of what my girls the Supremes did with the great songs given that were cute, I was just saying that hard kick a** songs Martha, Gladys, Kim, Brenda could handle very well. I wasn't knocking Diana as I am well aware of her achievements since I was a kid of 9 in 1964 but folks will always bring her into the picture when it comes to Motown for that's just the way it is.

[blkshepherd]

@Vincent50 Those CUTE songs that were given to the Supremes Became No.1s..something Martha nor Gladys seem to could get no moatter how powerful their voices were. People Pay Big bucks today still to see Diana and are very very satisfied with her voice. Really dont know why every time the marvelettes and vandellas are mentioned..Diana's name has to Find its way into the topic. amazing. Motown was more than just Soulful voices it was about MUSIC to appeal to all races this diana did.

[tomovox]

@dvlaries Your posts are fantastic to read. I do like "He's A Good Guy Yes He Is," but when you raise the question of one being selected over the other, I too have to wonder why the nod was't given to "Knock On My Door." "Good Guy" is a fun song and I truly love it but it does seem that "Knock" has just a bit more of an edge. Maybe Quality Control felt that having a Martha and the Vandellas and a Marvelettes track out at the same time with similar beats would weaken the chart action of both.

[tomovox]

@dvlaries Wow! Love your comment; very insightful and I especially like the statement that the combo of the Marvelettes and H-D-H "should have been explored further." When you hear "Finders Keepers" you get just a glimpse of how great future Marvelettes / H-D-H songs would have been!

[simon4186]

I LOVE MOTOWN!

[Vincent50]

I discovered this song on a compilation album and fell instantly in love with this song. HDH and the Marvelettes would've been a great combo and I can hear a similar fire that HDH gave Martha and the Vandellas. The Supremes were given cute songs that were great but Diana wasn't the singer Martha and Gladys were for they were soulful and full of energy vocally.

[christheone8773]

This tune had a release date of December 30, 1963-

[tomovox]

Man this song is red-hot. The furious pace alone is astounding. I love the use of both the Marvelettes and the Andantes doing extra backups. I think though, what sells the song for me is that sax solo. There's such a contrast between the frantic barn-burning pace of the band vs. the don't-bother-me-I'm-taking-my-­slow-sweet-time pace of that sax!

What a sweet and tough track! Those Marvelettes could rock with the best of 'em!

[ioxxd90]

I can remember the first time I heard this back in 1990 on WOL. an AM oldies station in Washington DC. I was like WOW. I found the cassette "Never -Before-Released masters"... I have this on CD. From the CD "Marvelettes Forever" Why was this song canned? I don't know . Now if they had put a tambourine in it...that would have been EXPLOSIVE> Thanks for posting this song.